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Exodus 18:14 — King James Version← Study notes

And when Moses’ father in law saw all that he did to the people, he said, What is this thing that thou doest to the people? why sittest thou thyself alone, and all the people stand by thee from morning unto even?


Exodus 18:14Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Exodus 18:1429 words
וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֵתʾēt
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מָהmāhWhat?
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
מַדּוּעַmadûʿaWhat
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
יוֹשֵׁבywōšēvSit
לְבַדֶּךָləvadeḵāTo separation
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
מִןminPart
בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn
עַדʿadAs far
עָרֶבʿārevDusk
Words read right to left. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Word-by-word meanings

וַיַּרְאwayarəʾAnd see
חֹתֵןḥōtēnGive
מֹשֶׁהmōšehMoses
אֵתʾētdirect object marker (no translation)
כָּלkālWhole
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
הוּאhûʾHe
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
וַיֹּאמֶרwayōʾmerAnd say
מָהmāhWhat?
הַדָּבָרhadāvārThe word
הַזֶּהhazehThe this
אֲשֶׁרʾăšerWho
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
עֹשֶׂהʿōśehDo
לָעָםlāʿāmTo people
מַדּוּעַmadûʿaWhat
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
יוֹשֵׁבywōšēvSit
לְבַדֶּךָləvadeḵāTo separation
וְכָלwəḵālAnd whole
הָעָםhāʿāmThe people
נִצָּבniṣāvStation
עָלֶיךָʿāleyḵāAbove
מִןminPart
בֹּקֶרbōqerDawn
עַדʿadAs far
עָרֶבʿārevDusk

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